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Sources of word YAHOO

Posted by
Richard Stoney on September 22, 2002
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It is my contention that YAHOO, which first appeared in Gulliver's
Travels, actual came from various foreign words which looked like YAHOO [YAHU;
JAHU (Estonian); YA-HU (Chinese); Russian YHO-; and old Greek LETHOS--figure that
one out!!!]
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